Belichick’s name appeared on a list of possible witnesses filed Tuesday by Hernandez’s defense.

Hernandez is charged with the drive-by slayings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston in 2012. Prosecutors say Hernandez shot them after one spilled a drink on him at a club. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty. He is serving a life sentence in the 2013 killing of a man who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee.

Obituary:Ed Garvey, the lawyer who led the National Football League Players Association through strikes in 1974 and 1982, has died at age 76 at a nursing home in Verona, Wis., after a bout with Parkinson’s disease. Mr. Garvey was the players’ union counsel and executive director from 1971 through ’83. The nationally known labor attorney ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Robert Kasten in 1986. In 1998, Mr. Garvey failed in a bid to unseat incumbent Gov. Tommy Thompson.

College football: Mississippi has self-imposed a postseason ban for the 2017 season after officials say the school received an amended Notice of Allegations from the NCAA. The school said the NCAA added eight violations, including six at the level deemed most serious.

•Matt Lubick returned to the Pac-12 at Washington, the assistant coach’s fourth job in three months. Washington head coach Chris Petersen announced the addition of Lubick to his staff as wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator. Lubick spent the past four seasons at Oregon, serving as offensive coordinator last year before. After head coach Mark Helfrich was fired Nov. 29, Lubick took a job as receivers coach at Mississippi, but was there only two weeks before going to Baylor in early January.